Piccolo with Leanna G.

Flutist and Piccoloist Leanna G. is a native of upstate New York. She recently completed a three-year fellowship as rotating principal flute and piccolo with The Orchestra Now (TON) based at the Fischer Center in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. Leanna has performed with TON in venues such as Carnegie Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. She can be heard on the Bridge Record albums Piano Protagonists and Buried Alive featuring pianist Orion Weiss and baritone Michael Nagy respectively. As an orchestral musician, Leanna has performed with the Louisville Orchestra, Britt Festival Orchestra and the Albany Symphony Orchestra. She has also performed in the Chautauqua Music Festival, Orchestra Next, National Music Festival, and Eastern Music Festival. As a soloist, Leanna won the Farwell Trust Award from the Chicago Musician’s Club of Women. She also received the Walfrid Kujala Scholarship at Northwestern University. In addition to performing, Leanna is an active educator. She has a private flute studio of students from all over the United States. She also served on faculty of the Bard Preparatory Summer Music Camp in July of 2022. In the summer of 2019, Leanna worked at Camp Jam where she coached high school rock bands and taught private lessons. She is also passionate about community outreach. She spent a year working for the nonprofit Mind and Melody in South Florida where she led music sessions for people with Alzheimer’s and Dementia. Leanna holds a Master of Music from Northwestern University and a Bachelor of Music from Purchase College Conservatory. Her primary teachers included Jan Vinci, Tara O’Connor, John Thorne, Jeffrey Khaner, and Marisela Sager. She lives in Albany, NY with her beloved tortoiseshell cat Cider.